Birds-eye-view of Seattle and environs King County, Wash., 1891

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Birds-eye view of Seattle and environs, 1891

Caption

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

Catalog notes

Seattle’s waterfront and spreading streets become a single landscape in this large panoramic map. Augustus Koch’s elevated viewpoint invites close exploration, with an index identifying important places. The image combines observation, draftsmanship and civic promotion, extending from Elliott Bay across the city toward its lakes and mountains. It illustrates how a growing nineteenth-century city could be presented as a coherent place from an imagined aerial vantage point.

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